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Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

suocseds tho lats Gov. Bartlett il ths Cali.
fornia gubernat orial chair, q a Repuhlican,
and the only Republican elected ~ M
stats ticket last year. Gov. w aterman syil]
remain . a oface until January, 1891.
AZ Manohan, Texas. q fierce fight
took place between train robbers and
officers endeavoring to arrest them. Ia the
1gng one /, oncer was wounded, one
The statement Of the public debt Of
the Canadian dominion just issued by the
finance department shows the total net debt
on Aug. 81 to have been $92S, ,494, ,46l, an In
crease since June 80 Of IS, 467, ,699. .sss
DR.. ST. John, Janitor Dell, and two
schooner captains have been indicted az
Chicago for aiding In the escape Of W. J.
McHarigle from the custody OF tho Cook
county sheriff. I3@:s
i It is shown that the losses 4 Of the
clique In the recent San francisco wheat
deal, reach 81. 7.50O, 600, the Nevada being the
largest loser, on advances made to the
clique y 'gS %sE% ;.Sf:tF %z3
Heavy forest fires are reported ra-
ging at Koehler, Mich, and also In the
Black Lake region. Much valuable hard
wood timber ID destroyed. ~ @,t =.
Senator Sherman made his first
speech in the Ohio campaign, to large
audience at the fair grounds of Whining
ton, Clinton county. - ~
Meyer planning mill, lumber
yard, brick engine house and brick dwelling
house, at Quincy, H., were destroyed by
4 Mayor Roche. Of Chicago, says the
police have been directed to permit no
meeting of anarchists and allow no incen-
diary speeches to be made.
The: elevator at Plymouth, Ohio, a
town on the b. & o. R, R., near Mansfield,
qurned with 5000 bushels Of wheat.
Ex-Gov. Luke'~P. Blackburn OF
Kentucky, died on the 18th, at the homo Of
his sister, at Frankfort, aged n. ~
b. Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, has signed
the wine-room bill, which imposes tax of
80, 600 on, all wine rooms. - =.
The Chicago Anarchists, will carry
their case to the United States Supreme
Court at Washington.
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP. -. "
Secretary Bayard has returned to
Washington from New England.
The value of breadstuf exports from
the United States during August past was
$ls,3Ss,44 against SIS, ,116,ssL in August,
1888. :
Acting Secretary Thompson, received
applications for the prepayment of the in
terest on $50, 900 Of bonds, making the total
to date $92,977, $50.
The government superintendent of
Indian schools says there are net buildings
enough to accommodate more than one-half
of the Indian children.
On the 10th, Assistant Secretary of
State Porter, called on tho President and
formally rendered his resignation, which
was accepted. He took leave of the officials
and employees of the state department, and
started for his home in Nashville, Tenn.
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

'sIN making up a party for travel
ing excursion,,'' said Charles Dudley
Warner to friend who was planning
one 'salways be sure to have it include
at least one ignorant woman. She will
ask all the questions you are ashamed
t. ask or think you don't need to ask,
and you will secure the benefit ola vast
deal of information you would other
wise lose" - - L. ~ j. J.:
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

The net imports of gold during the
last thirteen months were $40, 600, 900.
With the domestic production during
the same period, this makes total ad-
dition to the circulating medium Of over
100000, ,0OOjr r*tt1e more than year.
The prospect ..fe that before the end
of the year a further addition Of from
&C, 900. 900 to $50, 900, 900 will be made
to the gold in the country. The New
York Evening Post believes that these
facts ousht to. dispelall apprehensions
. as to an impending money famine. q
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

LONDON has a great problem. 1t has
100000 people unable to get into a
place of worship In central London,
with 100000 there is only accommo-
dations for 100000. The problem in a
good many American cities is reversed.
that is, the churchsroom Isl not always
occupied.
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For population Of s5o,ooo, Mel
bourne, Australia, has church ac-
eomodatiop d 1o7, $40: The total at,
tendance on public. worship. Sunday
morning and evening,sis 1181o7. The
churchsof England leads the ,Presbyter-
ians follow, the Wesleyans are third,
and the Roman Catholics are fourth.
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1T appears that the recent row be-
tween Col. Burns and Col. Whipple, of
Gen. Schofelds staff, all grew out of the
kitchen. The two families had sisters
for cooks and one of them was dis
charged. The servant girl question
continues to be an important factor in
modern domestic life. .'~~, 80 seq
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

The President has appointed s. S.
Carlisle of Louisiana to be Minister Re-
sident and Consul-General to- Bolivia,
ana y, james a c. {, ot { = nnsylyania,
to be Consul of the United States at Port
Stanley and St. Thomas, Ontario. O..
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

A PAR1s1Ak paper is authority for tie
statement that Prince Bismarck does
not care to act as a mediator on the
Bulgarian question. It is probable
that Bismarck had been reading some
where about the fate which had befallen
certain baseball umpires in this
country. j g. ~ ~.
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NOTES OF THE TIMES.

Tom BALLARD, the famous counter
feiter, is trying to do Q legitimate bust
ness since his recent discharge from
the Albany penitentiary. He has open
ed an establishment for steel engraving.
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

which he has christened select tover. he
claims that the explosive is destined to
take place Of al existing ammunition, and
That y squalls in strength pyrOllyne. The
hussian Office will bdild q factory especially
tive. I4s IL
The Count de Paris, who ii al
London, has issued manifesto, In which
he approves Of the recent action Of the
rOyalists in the chamber of deputies, but
says that the apparent calm but lily
conceals the perils OF the future The
count predicts that Republican misgOvern-
crises which seem periodical in the life OF
the nation. S. 5$5.#S< i. h
Editor O'Brien was placed under
arrest at Dublin, having 6rst been notified
that he would not be arrested IL he would
promise not to 60 to London, but he de-
iclined to promise, then he was told he
would not be arrested it he would promise
not to speak. but this promise he refused
and did speak. He was not locked up but
allowed to remain at the hotel. The affair
produced much excitement.
Z. A terrible accident on the Midland
railroad Friday which has appalled, all Eng
land, was occasioned by defective signal
ing. The Midland train was standing on a
crossing about mile from Doncaster while
the tickets were being collected. The Liver
pool express, thinking the track was clear,
came tearing along at high rate OF speed,
and before the engineer could stop his en-
gine the express dashed into the standing
train with fearful effect. The first passenger
car of the Liverpool train was completely
telescoped over the next succeeding cars.
Both trains were badly wrecked and the
ground in the vicinity is strewn with
splinters. The dying and the injured lay
groaning and bleeding for a long time be-
fore tho could be rescued from their terrible
suferings. Twenty-four persons were killed
and seventy injured, number fatally.
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

60 y-r +. s
'as In Iceland kissing has incurred PEN
alties Of great severity. For kissing
another mans wife, with or with
out bs1 consf the punishment
Of exclusion it's pecunia:y
equivalent was awarded. A man
rendered himself liable for kissing an
:, unmarried woman underlegal guardian.
ship without her consent; the law re-
4uired chat every kiss should be wiped
out By . fine of three mark auiyalent
70 40 els Of wadmal - quantity aifi.
eisnt 70 furnish whole ships Grew
With pilot jackets.
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

THE latge bible belonging to the wife
I, Of John a n: Milton, y! md which was used by
herself and husband for many years, is
now in the library of the British museum.
Milton has annotated it in pen and ink.
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

The mooted g 2stion of an Interna=>
tional Copyright Law is ably discussed
by w. d. Howells in the Editors
Study" of the October HARPER's.. ] He
pleads the justice. of such law, but
acknowledgement the slow conscience
of the nation is an insurmountable bar
rier in the way of it at present. The
''study' also discourses upon the in
Auence of English fiction on American
society.
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

IT is yet too early to mention deci-
dedly what coiors will prevail / the
coming season. ~ though there are
not wanting certain indications by
which it may safely be predicted that
new terracotta golden bronze, dark
Roman red. and many shades of gray
will be leading colors, each OF these
more beautiful in tint than ever be-
fore. There will also he sent ont
novel shades in blue and green. Not
the garnish and aggressive shades Of
these colors. of past years, but the
more delicate half f-tones. !. 4 80
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"A French smack reports the loss Of
vessels, with fifty hands, In the English
channel 5!.tsl, zzs56t *& A. ~ r. e.
Mai. Gen. Sir Redvers K. Butler has
definitely resigned his post - under secre-
stary tor Ireland. gl:5<s s.7#*A *s
Queen Victoria has contributed f1OO
to the fund for the relief Of sufferers BY the
theatsr fire at Exeter. / se
Two brothers, named Juergenson,
who have resided for twer+ ~ years In
America and recently returned 10 their
home on tho island Of [, Fohr, have been
ordered 70 quit Prussia. J" -5.. z...$
It Is reported that the Duke Of
Dsvonshirs has become 4 convert to the
home ruls policy Of Gladstone and ID trying
to influence his son, Lord Harrington, to
pledge hb efforts to the cause. ss.s 7
a large number Of officers, sub
oflicsrs and soldiers ot tho Bslsian army
have taken passagp from Antwerp for the
lUnitsd Stats. They win participate Ia the
grand military ncampment q Chicago
next month. 5
i . reported that !. Russian en-
sinssr has discovered : nsW sxplodvs
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NORTHWESTERN NEWS,

Times says: A Chicago broker, whose
sources of information are often trust
worthy, claims that Henry Willard has
again triumphed., The Northern Pacific is
once more in his and his friends possession.
1t is to be united on this end with the Wis
consin Central and on the other with the
Oregon Transcontinentai,g giving Chicago q
clean connection with the Northwestern
Pacific coast. For some days Northern
Pacific stock has been quietly taken in this
city by the agents of Henry Willard. Elijah
Smith, Rufus Hatch and others in New
more extensively but as surreptitiously.
Rufus Hatch recently formed some deal on
the part of Willard and Smith but would
not say what the men were after. A
gentleman to whom he confided the true
inwardness of their scheme, has arrived
Willard had secured majority of the stock,
and at the annual meeting of the Northern
Pacific people would break up the Frederick
Billings crowd and tho present directory.
President Cleveland has sent q
cordial note to the Mayor of Duluth, Mimi
explaining that owing to the limited time of
his contemplated trip, it is a physical i'm
possibility to visit that city. His trip is
made for the purpose of visiting Atlanta
and st. Louis at fixed dates, therefore he
says; "It is physical impossibility,
under these circumstances, to accept all the
kind and cordial invitations which have
been rendered me; and have been obliged
to mark out route of travel and select as
stopping places such cities as are on the
way, or which, for other controlling
reasons it seems most desirable to visit at
this time I am sorry that this plan pre-
cludes the possibility of my acceptance of
your invitation, and trust that the cool
people of Duluth will not attribute my
failure to comply with their wishes, so
warmly and so heartily expressed, to any
want Of appreciation of regard or to any
lack Of desire to be their guest.
Yours very truly,
The heavy and frequent rains have
been great relief to the mill owners who
had feared that mills would be shut down
owing to the shortage. The stage of the
supply in the dams has been materially
added to by reason of the rise in the head
waters, and the upper country being gratlu-
ally filed with water. At Little Falls, Wis,
it is estimated BY those competent to judge,
that between Is, 600 GOO and 100, ,OOO, 600 feet
of logs passed down river in about two
days. There are still lefC in Little Falls
dam over TO-, ,o00, 900 feet, which can be let
out now as needed. With little more rise
the river will be at q driving stage, aud the
dr. yes which have been hung up all summer
can be started There will be plenty Of logs
in the future to keep all the mills running
on time until the season is ended by cold
weather. .s;'5,.'' ts%.> t5$$>s
rho .r,,,., o1oo+;or - +ho No.4,>
Aho "nnu"l 1''sA. eAee''ou u 'ne Norene1n
Pacific r. r., took place at New York. The
following was the only ticket for directors
in the field: August Belmont. Frederick
nhaney ns' 'Hn1 Robert Hau' Harris Bravfon ives
Thomas F. Oakes, Charles B, Wright, Henry
Willard, Edwin n Abbott, Charles L.
Colby, Colgate Hoyt ana John b. Trevor.
Many neavy secckholaers were. present,
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21
IN THE EAST.


vention was held at Saratoga on the 18th,
Evarts and Hiscock, ex-senator Platt, Hon.
Seth Low and other prominent party men
taking part The following ticket, which
had been pre-arranged was unanimously
nominated: Secretary Of State, Col f. b.
Grant, Controller, Jesse Lameraux, Treas
urer, James a. Carmichael, Attorney Gen
eral, James A. benson. The platform Wig
orously condemns the Democratic party,
President Cleveland and Gov. Hill, stands
for protective tariff, liberal pensions and
local option. A minority report on the
liquor question was defeated, 5l5 to 1876, and
DR.. Howard Crosby and his high license
plank was voted down. -
At Spring Valley. N. Y, a thief got
into the house of James Shea, and Mrs.
Shea was aroused by some one opening a
bureau drawer in her room. She spoke and
received terrible blow upon the head.
unconsciousness, then broke open her trunk
and took about SO, q gold watch an1 other
valuables. On her returning to conscious
ness he forced her to the floor, gagged and
bound her and took three rings from her
fingers. The thief threatened to brain q
four-year-old child, who was crying, but q
slight choking was sufficient to stop its
noise. 1t was not until the second day that
Mrs. Shea was able to give full account of
the affair.
The trial race on Friday. between the
Volunteer, Mayhower and Thistle, on the
New York course resulted in victory for
the Volunteer which came in the winner,
leaving her competitors three miles behind.
the American, though the friends of the
Scotch yacht are greatly surprised and dis
appointed, for they considered the Thistle
the equal or superior of the Volunteer or
any boat afloat. In the English betting cir
cles the designer of the Volunteer is heartily
mathematical" '...3-
Advices at New Bedford, Mass, re-
ceved from San Francisco, state that the
settled. The mate of the schooner Angel
Dolly recently arrived reported that while
cruising near Castle Rock wreck was dis
covered on the island. It was found to be
the Amethyst broken in two. The fate Of
tho crew is mystery. @". ~
At New York Mrs. Grace Dalton
against her husband, Antonio E. Terry.
The defendant is son of the late Cuban
aied' LIT am an estate Worth &c. 'oo ooc, to be be
divided among seven childrens The hus-
band is said to spend too much time with
actresses '''s '+~ = 5j3 e."
Suit has been commenced in tho SUI
preme court Of New York for the recovery
of $S, 100, 900 by John H. Powell and others
against the Brush Electric company of
Cleveland, and the Brush-S Swan F!Hctric
Light company Of New England
At Lewiston. Pa. the new round
house with locomotives and tanks of the
Pennsylvania r. r., was destroyed by fire.
Loss $65, 600. q +. L. / es2&.a..st Z 4 4
/ G. P.tIde, Sunday school boy of
Glens Falls, N. r, eA,bezzled $4,000 from
the bank OF which he was bookkeeper.
Nineteen Ohio monuments have
been dedicated at Gettysburg, Pa.
i: X THE OLD WORLD. =:
-, A French smack reports the loss Of a
vessels, with fifty hands, In the English
channel 5ass.I. ses55E*s \ e. =.
"a
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met o. couple OF men on the street ana hap
5pening TO jostle against one Of them an al-
He ran to saloon near by, pursued by his
assailants, and sank fainting before the bar.
Frank Edwards. Q printer, and John Lufsky
9 candymaker, have been arrested, the
former being charged with doing the slash
ing. t. t5ss5 s5g a5
The five saWmills on Nicollet Island,
Minneapolis were destroyed by fire on the
evening Of the 10th. The mills were owned
by McMullen Il Co., Eastman Il Borey, O.
a. Smith & CO., Cole e. Weeks, Merriam Il
Barrows. The mills were erected some
fifteen years ago at the cost OF $50, COO each,
and together had the capacity Of $40, 600
loss on mills, logs and lumber is $500, 900,
with insurance about half that amount.
The fire began in the McMullen mill, but
from what cause Is unknown. f
s@ A committee of Grand Forks, OAK,
citizens gave the Sisters Of tho Ursuline
Academy genuine surprise the other day
A few weeks ago subscription lists were sent
around until about $500 was subscribed and
collected. Then the whole was judiciously
invested In single and double carriage,
1T formally presented. l. The presentation
was mainly due to the untiring energy of
Dr. N. w. scott, who deserves especial
mention. for the part he took in this
charitable work: The Sisters were highly
delighted with the unexpected gift.
g. Anxiety is felt for Miss Rosa Cosell.
who left Redfeld, OAK, month ago to
visit parents who live 20 miles souGh of
Highm?re: Nothing has been heard from
her. She Is seventeen years of age. rather
nice-lOOking and of very retiring dis
position. Her friends fear that she has
been foully dealt with, as no clue to her
travelled alone and it is feared that if
harm has befallen her she was victimized
on the road leading from Highmore, south.
; At Sioux City, Ia., an, unexpected
rise of the Missouri took place, sudden
jump of "a inches occur during the night.
This Is the biggest 12-hour rise ever known
in the river at this time OF the year. The
reason for this s not known. It is presumed
washing through OF one of the narrow necks
in some of the big bends is the cause.
Opposite tho city considerable washing is
going on: Two sections of the railroad
were washed out. -.
A St. Paul paper relates that Reuben
Butterfeld, of Dalrymple, Dakota, who was
in town to attend the State Fair was con
hdenced out Of $65, by well dressed man,
who claimed to have once been a clerk for
Mr.. Butteraeld, though the latter did not
remember it. The men met, and Mr. Jones
showed his old employer the town. Late at
night they reached the Hotel Ryan where
Jones gave his friend bogus check for $3.50
for loan Of $65. That was the last Of Jones.
A party of young men were spending
sometime in saloon at New York Mills,
Mimi, and as the evening hours wore on
Mike O'Dea, aged 80, section foreman on
the Northern Pacific, began jumping of the
box stove. Being somewhat intoxicated he
slipped, striking on his forehead and break
ing his neck. He leaves a sister and
widowed mother who were dependent upon
him. The mother was completely crazed on
learning of his death.
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HIsTo ohY or THE yylaEK..

q St. Pierre IN ]. IS 81 - advices state that
disasters which occu during tho recent
great gales on the banks are still being re-
ported daily. The schooner st. Pierre
passed there bottom mp. Her crew Of 18
men had all been lost. Vessels belonging to
the French codfishing feet, heard from up
to the present time, report q loss Of 50 lives.
One hundred vessels have been badly
damaged, and have been withdrawn from
the fisheries, thus losing the September
fishing. This will decrease this season catch
10000 qnintals, and In consequences prices
have already advanced l5 per cent, A
schooner supposed to be the Ocean Bride, of
Boston, was found drifting helplessly about
at the mercy Of the elements, and the
bodies Of several men floating in the cabin
The bodies were in q decomposed state. The
abando doned the craft some time before, or
else had been lost. The flesh on the head
OF one of the drowned men had been eaten
nearly all away and all the bodies present.
ed holrisle sight. Ei HG% q 4 55f :. .z,s3.
A CHASTITY tragedy was enacted in
Calvert county, Md. by d. b, Coolige, q
farmer, who walked into his wite's bed
.oom where his wifs and her sister were
'eadlng He had q gun in his hand and
EOAO us WHO n0 was gong 10 6nOOC ner.
She sprang to her feet and took the gun
q rom him, and her sister Miss Turner. ran
,ut Of the room for help. Before she had
30. to the front door Coolidge had drawn
lis revolver and shot his wife through the
breast. Mrs. Coolidge died Instantly. To
make sure Of his work, Coolidge opened q
sazOr and cut her throat. He then started
lown stairs to find Miss Turner. Not find
ing her, he went to his children,s room and
hsked them to come to their mothers room
10 see him die. The children were afraid
to 60 and Coolidge returned alone to his
lead wife and cut his throat from ear to
Var, falling deadly her side.S 4
An accident occurred on the Col
erado Midland r. R., west of Leadville, and
near Lake Ivanhoe, to construction train
carrying 287 laborers. The train, was pass
ing over piece of marshy ground, where
much difficulty has been experienced in So
curing a roadbed, and here the engine sud-
denly shot into the ditch, carrying the two
cars on which the laborers were seated with
it and burying them in mass of debris.
Harry Banker, chief of the track men, was
caught under the engine and scalded to
death. James McMahon} and George Roe
Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

~ 77 At WlnOna, MIMI, SA1e DloWerS GOT
In thor work at the grocery store OF Arthur
Beyerstedt securing about 500 10 cash and
numerous valueable papers. Seventy 1--we
dollars in money WAS overlooked By the
burglars. Atslegram from Supt. Bowen,
|ofs the Rochester insane asylum, identified
the men % two escaped inmates from that
institution.
g The Territorial w. G. T. q. Of Dakota,
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-22

the actual Confederate commander on the
field was Colonel Eppa Hunton of Virginia,
and that moreover Evans was drunk. The
Spy writer says that Evans came upon the
field late in the evening and was peculiarly
insulting to the captured Union officers He
ordered Colonel Hunton to bind the Union
officers with ropes. Colonel Hunton refused
to obey this order, and at his own peril stood
between the prisoners and ill-treatment.
George w. Melville, who has been promo
ted to the highest position to be attained in
the Navy Engineer Corps, that of engineer
in-chief with the rank Of commodore, is
man of striking appearance and despite the
fact that he is junior to fifty others on the
active list, not murmur has been heard
from his seniors, who might be supposed to
be jealous of the selection. His superior
ability and many other qualifications are ap-
preciated by all of his fellows. He was born
in New York in 1881, and consequently will
not reach his retiring age until 1903, but hay
ing been chief of the Bureau of Steam Engi-
neering he will, If he serves full term of
four years, be exempt from sea duty, except
in time of war. In Melville's schoolboy
days his family was well known among the
old Knickerbockers. He is a heavy-built
man, weighing about 100 pounds is about
hve feet eleven inches in height, is of light
complexion, and has bright blue eyes. Not
withstandng his severe arctic experience on
the Jeanette, from which he suffered many
months after his return, he is quite supple
and athletic. When he returned from the
Polaris Search Expedition IN the Tigress.
in 1873, a friend greeted him at the navy yard
with well, George, how do you feel?' He
replied, 'As bright as a new uniform would
feel on me; | never felt better" And to
prove his assertion he turned a hand
spring without any difficulty.